"There is short duration discussion today after lunch. Manohar Parrikar will make the statement today. He is a studious person and he won't make any statement unless there is something important to say. He is bound to digest all these Italian High Court's judgments and CAG reports and so on in a way which ordinary people can understand," the BJP leader added.

Defence Minister Manohor Parrikar will make a statement in the Rajya Sabha at 2 p.m. on Wednesday during a debate on AgustaWestland issue. Upper House is likely to witness hot exchange of words between the BJP and Congress.

The Congress went into a huddle on Tuesday to chalk out a strategy ahead of the defence minister's statement.

Senior Congress leaders went to Sonia Gandhi's residence in the evening to discuss how to counter the BJP in parliament on the issue.